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Kari Tapio
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kari Tapani Jalkanen, Kari Jalkanen
Finnish singer (1945-2010)
Film & TV
Suonenjoki, Finland
Known for
- Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men — Self2012
- Lone Star Hotel — Self2007
- Kummeli — Guest1991
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1945-11-22
- Active to
- 2010-12-07
countryiskelmäschlager
Discography
- Aikapommi1974
- Klabbi1976
- Nostalgiaa1976
- Kaipuu1977
- Kari Tapio1979
- Jää vierellein1981
- Olen suomalainen1983
- Ovi elämään1984
- Osa minusta1986
- Elämän viulut1987
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 43,063
- Total plays
- 853,805
Tags
finnishiskelmacountrySuomimale vocalists
Kari Tapio (born Kari Tapani Jalkanen, November 22, 1945 in Suonenjoki, Finland – December 7, 2010 in Espoo, Finland) was a Finnish schlager-singer. He has been one of the most popular singers in Finland for decades. In the 1960s Kari Tapio performed in his current home city Pieksämäki with the local bands ER-Quartet and Jami & The Noisemakers. In 1966 he got some singing teaching from Ture Ara. After his first single "Tuuli kääntyköön"/"Niskavuoren nuorimmainen" in 1972 Kari Tapio performed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Suonenjoki
- Place of death
- Espoo
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Genre
- schlager music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Kari Tapio.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kari Tapio
- date of birth
- 1945-11-22
- date of death
- 2010-12-07
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Kari Tapani Jalkanen
- pseudonym
- Kari Tapio
- name in native language
- Kari Tapio
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